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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Descrittione di tvtta Italia AuthorAlberti, LeandroHeadlineLeandro Alberti's descritions of Italy 1557PublisherPer Domenico de' FarrDate Published1557 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #7 Traité Général des Horloges AuthorAllexandre, JacquesHeadlineart of time-pieces 27 folding platesPublisherHippolyte-Louis GuerinDate Published1734 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #8 Autograph Letter Signed about building a transatlantic iron Steam Boat Heading(American Inventor)AuthorBurden, HenryHeadlineProposal for building a transatlantic iron steam boatDate PublishedDec. 30, 1846 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #9 The Roman Historie, Containing Such Acts and Occurrents as Passed Under Constantius, Julianus, Jovianus, Valentinianus, and Valens, Emperours AuthorAmmianus MarcellinusHeadlineThe first edition in English, 1609PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1609 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #11 Cosmographia Petri Apiani, per Gemmam Frisium apud Louanienses medicum & mathematicum insignem, iam demum ab omnibus vindicata mendis ac nonnullis quoque locis aucta & annotationibus marginalibus illustrata... AuthorApianus, PetrusHeadlineApianus' Cosmographia with volvelles, 1574PublisherApud Haeredes Arnoldi BirckmanniDate Published1574 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #14 L’Ere Des Robots [The Era/Age Of Robots] Heading(Artificial Intelligence – Robotics)AuthorDucrocq, AlbertHeadlineInscribed by a pioneering French robotic inventorPublisherJulliardDate Published1953 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #20 Manuscript Guest Book for the Castello Bar in Mondsee, Austria, with hundreds of autographs of actors, authors, musicians, singers, dancers, race car drivers, and others Heading(Autographs)HeadlineAutographs of show business luminaries, etc.Date Published1952-1988 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #21 Two signed letters from Sir Henry Thompson, one excusing himself from a social engagement due to a medical debate. Heading(Autographs)AuthorThompson, HenryHeadlineSir Henry Thompson Signed LetterPublisherNo publisherDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #28 Halifax, and its Gibber-Law Placed in a true Light. With a Description of the Town...with an Account of the Gentry...with Many other Matters and Things of great Remark... AuthorBentley, JohnHeadlineHistory of Halifax's unique execution devicePublisherPrinted by P. Darey for John BentleyDate Published[1761] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #39 A Voyage to the South-Seas in the Years 1740-1. Containing, a faithful Narrative of the Loss of his Majesty's Ship the WAGER on a desolate island... AuthorBulkeley, John & John CumminsHeadlineVoyage to the South-Seas in the Years 1740-1PublisherJacob RobinsonDate Published1743 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #41 Songs of Nature AuthorBurroughs, John, editorHeadlineInscribed with signature by John BurroughsPublisherMcClure Phillips & Co.Date Published1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #42 Photograph portrait of Sir Richard F. Burton, explorer, as a young man, wearing a turban Heading(Burton, Richard Francis)HeadlinePhoto of young explorer Richard F. BurtonPublisherWarenhaus M. HirschDate PublishedImage c.1855 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #43 The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War AuthorCaesar, Caius JuliusHeadlineCaesar's Commentaries with 85 superb copperplatesPublisherJ. & R. Tonson, et al.Date Published1753 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #45 Itinéraire de Paris à Jérusalem... ou l'abrégé de son voyage à Jérusalem, en allant par la Grèce et revenant par l'Égypte, la Barbarie et l'Espagne; avec des notes utiles AuthorChateaubriand, François-RenéHeadlineFrom Paris to Jerusalem, 1813PublisherChez L. Deconchy, et al.Date Published1813 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #46 Memoires d'Outre-Tombe AuthorChateaubriand, François-RenéHeadlineChateaubriand from beyond the grave, 1848-1850PublisherB.Behr & F.A. Brockhaus, et al.Date Published1848-1850 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #50 An Address by Winston S. Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain. Delivered Before Members of the Congress of the United States - 19 May, 1943 AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's Address before Congress May 1943PublisherOverbrook PressDate Published1943 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #51 Arms and the Covenant AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineInscribed by Winston S. ChurchillPublisherGeorge G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.Date Published1938 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #52 The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill - The Centenary Limited Edition - Volume XIX - The War Speeches, Volume One May 1938-June 1941 AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineVol. XIX of Centenary collection of ChurchillPublisherLibrary of Imperial HistoryDate Published[1975] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #53 The Great War AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's Great War 1st Illustrated EditionPublisherGeorge Newnes LimitedDate Published[1933-34] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #54 A History of the English-Speaking Peoples AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineComplete set handsomely bound by BayntunPublisherCassell and CompanyDate Published[1956-1958] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #55 A History of the English-Speaking Peoples AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineNicely bound by BayntunPublisherCassell and CompanyDate Published[1956-1957] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #56 Ian Hamilton's March AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineThe companion to 'London to Ladysmith'PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #57 London to Ladysmith, via Pretoria AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineLondon to Ladysmith, via Pretoria 1st EditionPublisherLongmans, Green and Co.Date Published1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #58 Lord Randolph Churchill AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston S. Churchill's bio of Lord RandolphPublisherMacmillan and Co. LimitedDate Published1906 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #59 My African Journey AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's travels in Africa, w/ signaturePublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published1908 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #60 My Early Life, A Roving Commission AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill My Early LifePublisherThornton Butterworth LimitedDate Published[1930] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #61 The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's The River War, 1899, 1st printingPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1899 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #63 The Second World War and an Epilogue on the Years 1945 to 1957 AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineNicely bound edition of The Second World WarPublisherCassell & Company, LimitedDate Published[1959] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #64 Step By Step, 1936-1939 AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston S. Churchill Step by StepPublisherThornton Butterworth Ltd.Date Published[1939] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #65 The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill's 1st book, 1st editionPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1898 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #66 Thoughts and Adventures AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill Thoughts and AdventuresPublisherThornton Butterworth LimitedDate Published[1932] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #67 The World Crisis AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineThe World Crisis, 6th Duke of Portland's copyPublisherThornton Butterworth LimitedDate Published[1923-1931] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #68 M. Tullii Ciceronis Sententiae Insigniores, et Pia Apophthegmata... [and] Isocratis Atheniensis Oratoris & Philosophi clarisimi... AuthorCicero, Marcus Tullius, Isocrates, et alHeadlineClassical aphorisms 1565PublisherApud Nicolaum BeuilacquamDate Published1565 [and] 1569 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #82 Autograph Note Signed about a revised edition of his 1872 book on the Coral Islands AuthorDana, JamesHeadlineNote Signed by Leading American Geologist of the 19th centuryDate PublishedApril 4, 1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #83 The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle During the Years 1832-1836 AuthorDarwin, Charles, editorHeadlineFacsimile limited edition, one of 750 copiesPublisherNova PacificaDate Published1980 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #85 The History Of The Great Plague In London, In The Year 1665, Containing Observations And Memorials Of The Most Remarkable Occurrences, Both Public And Private, That Happened During That Dreadful period. By A Citizen Who Lived The Whole Time In London AuthorDefoe, DanielHeadlineDefoe's history of the London PlaguePublisherPrinted By H. TeapeDate Published1819 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #88 Autograph letter signed by Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Charles DickensDate PublishedApril 1, 1850 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #99 Römische Studien AuthorFernow, Carl LudwigHeadlineGerman archaeologist studies Rome, 1806-08PublisherBei H. GessnerDate Published1806-1808 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #103 La Constitution Française, décrétée par l'Assemblée Nationale constituante, aux année 1789, 1790, 1791 Heading(France)AuthorAssemblée NationaleHeadlineFrench Constitution of 1791Publisherchez GarneryDate Published1791 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #104 Illustrierte Sittengeschichte von Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart AuthorFuchs, E.HeadlineIllustrated Moral History from the Middle AgesPublisherAlbert LangenDate Published[c.1909] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #106 The fatal effects of gambling exemplified in the murder of Wm. Weare, and the trial and fate of John Thurtell, the murderer and his accomplices...To which is added, The gambler's scourge: a complete exposé of the whole system of gambling in the metropolis, with memoirs and anecdotes of notorious blacklegs Heading(Gambling & Murder)HeadlineA "true crime" narrative of a rogue's progressPublisherThomas KellyDate Published1824 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #110 L'Histoire du Costume Feminin Francais de l'an 1037 a l'an 1870 AuthorGiafferri, Paul Louis deHeadlineWith numerous Pochoir plates of French fashionPublisherEditions NilssonDate Published[1922-23] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #116 The Present State of the Ottoman Empire. Containing a More Accurate and Interesting Account of the Religion, Government, Military Establishment, Manners, Customs, and Amusements, of the Turks... AuthorHabesci, EliasHeadlineWith accounts of plague in the Ottoman EmpirePublisherPrinted for R. BaldwinDate Published[1784] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #120 Die Lehre vom Urteil im Psychologismus: Ein kritisch-positiver Beitrag zur Logik AuthorHeidegger, MartinHeadlinePresentation copy of Heidegger's first bookPublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1914 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #121 The Life of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Written by Himself AuthorHerbert, Edward, Lord of CherburyHeadlineLord Herbert of Cherbury 1770PublisherPrinted for J. DodsleyDate Published1770 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #123 The Hindu Pantheon Heading(Hindu Mythology)AuthorMoor, EdwardHeadlinePantheon of Hindu Gods with over 100 platesPublisherJ. JohnsonDate Published1810 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #125 Travels in Albania and Other Provinces of Turkey in 1809 & 1810 AuthorHobhouse, John Cam, 1st Baron BroughtonHeadlineThrough Albania & Greece with Lord ByronPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1855 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #128 The History of England, From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to The Revolution in 1688 AuthorHume, DavidHeadlineHume's History of England, 1779PublisherT. CadellDate Published1789 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #131 Four books from the series, "Of Things in the Past" Heading(Japan)HeadlineJapanese color woodblock prints c.1900Date Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #134 The Owls of North America (North of Mexico) AuthorKaralus, Karl E. and Allan W. EckertHeadlineSigned by Karl E. Karalus and Allan W. EckertPublisherDoubleday & CompanyDate Published1974 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #135 The Invasion of the Crimea: its Origin and an Account of its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan AuthorKinglake, Alexander WilliamHeadlineKinglake's Invasion of CrimeaPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1863-1887 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #139 Journal of a Landscape Painter in Albania, &c. AuthorLear, EdwardHeadlineEdward Lear's travels and paintings in AlbaniaPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1851 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #142 Note Signed by Joseph Lister AuthorLister, JosephHeadlineJoseph Lister AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1897 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #143 Note Signed by Joseph Lister, With Photograph AuthorLister, JosephHeadlineJoseph Lister Photo and AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1903 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #150 The Magazine of Art - 1890-1904 Heading(The Magazine of Art)HeadlineThe Magazine of Art, 15 years in 16 volumesPublisherCassell & Company, LimitedDate Published1890-1904 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #151 Geological Excursions Round the Isle of Wight, and Along the Adjacent Coast of Dorsetshire; Illustrative of the Most Interesting Geological Phenomena, and Organic Remains. AuthorMantell, Gideon AlgernonHeadlineEarly geological travel guide by MantellPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published[1847] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #158 Autograph Letter Signed about the first Math textbook published in America. Heading(Mathematics)AuthorPike, NicolasHeadlineLetter by the author of the 1st Math textbook in AmericaDate PublishedJan. 1, 1788 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #160 Leaf Signed by Twenty-Three French Physicians and Zoologists Heading(Medicine and Zoology)HeadlineTwenty-Three Autographs of French Physicians & ZoologistsDate PublishedEarly 19th century? View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #164 The Chronicles of Engeurrand de Monstrelet AuthorMonstrelet, Enguerrand deHeadlineThe Chronicles of Engeurrand de MonstreletPublisherHafod PressDate Published1809 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #165 Large four-sheet indenture document for sale of property, signed by the Earl of Sandwich and others AuthorMontagu, John, 4th Earl of SandwichHeadlineEarl of Sandwich signs a documentDate Published23 March, 1743 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #166 Crime Against Children: An Aspect of Sexual Criminology AuthorMorland, NigelHeadlineCrime Against Children 1939 scarcePublisherCassell & CompanyDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #171 Selections from Mr. Nicholson's Journal: A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts. AuthorNicholson, WilliamHeadlineUnique selecrtion of works by William NicholsonDate Publishedc. 1806 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #173 Autographed letter [framed with] engraved portrait of James Paget AuthorPaget, JamesHeadlineSigned letter and portrait of James PagetDate Published1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #174 Select Views of London; With Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Some of the Most Interesting of Its Public Buildings AuthorPapworth, John B.Headline76 aquatints of London 1816PublisherPrinted for R. AckermannDate Published1816 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #188 The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History with rare variant title pagePublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1635-1634 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #189 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romains, Compared together by that grave learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarch of Chaeronea: Translated out of Greeke into French by James Amiot... and out of French into English, By Sir Thomas North Knight AuthorPlutarchHeadlineThe first complete version of Plutarch in EnglishPublisherPrinted by George Miller...sold by Robert AllottDate Published1631 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #193 Two Autograph Letters Signed relating to treatment of insanity in the late 19th century Heading(Psychiatry - Insanity)Headline2 late 19th c. letters relating to treatment of insanityDate Published1876-1892 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #194 Letter on international recognition of ostracized Communist China Heading(Psychology)AuthorFromm, ErichHeadlineNoted psychologist advocates UN recognition of ChinaDate PublishedApril 18, 1963 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #201 Mycenæ; A Narrative of Researches and Discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns AuthorSchliemann, HenryHeadlineSchliemann in Mycenae, first editionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #202 Tiryns: The Prehistoric Palace of the Kings of Tiryns. The Results of the Latest Excavations AuthorSchliemann, HenryHeadlineScliemann at Tiryns, first American editionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1885 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #209 Antiquities of Westminster: The Old Palace; St. Stephen's Chapel, (Now the House of Commons) &c. &c. Containing 246 Engravings of Topographical Objects, of Which 122 No Longer Remain. AuthorSmith, John ThomasHeadline1st lithograph used to illustrate a book 1807PublisherPrinted By T. Bensley, for J. T. SmithDate Published1807 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #217 History of Philosophy: Containing the Lives, Opinions, Actions and Discourses of the Philosophers of every Sect. Illustrated with the Effigies of divers of Them AuthorStanley, ThomasHeadlineStanley's History of Philosophy, 1687PublisherPrinted for Thomas Bassett, et al.Date Published1687 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #222 The History of the French Revolution AuthorThiers, M.A.HeadlineA History of the French Revolution in Five VolumesPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #223 The hystory writtone by Thucidides the Athenyan of the warre, whiche was betwene the Peloponesians and the Athenyans, translated oute of Frenche into the Englysh language by Thomas Nicolls citezeine and goldesmyth of London AuthorThucydidesHeadlineFirst edition in English of Thucydides, 1550Publisher[William Tylle]Date Published1550 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #231 Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video AuthorVidal, Emeric EssexHeadlineRare color plate book on Argentina 1820PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1820 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #233 Certificate of Election Signed by John C. Warren Heading(Warren, John C.)HeadlineJohn C. Warren AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1821 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #234 Benjamin Waterhouse Clipped Signature AuthorWaterhouse, BenjaminHeadlineBenjamin Waterhouse AutographDate PublishedEarly/mid 19th century View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #236 The Mansions of England. One Hundred and Forty-Six Coloured Engravings of County Seats of the Royal Family, Nobility and Gentry. AuthorWestall, William, et al.HeadlineMansions of England 146 color platesPublisherM.A. NattaliDate Published[c.1830s?] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #240 Autograph Letter Signed about the British Museum’s collection of reptiles and amphibians Heading(Zoology and Herpetology)AuthorDumeril, AugusteHeadline1865 Letter from leading French HerpetologistDate PublishedApril 7, 1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next